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Benfica boss Roger Schmidt declares Chelsea's pursuit of Enzo Fernandez 'CLOSED' after Graham Potter's side looked to land the Argentine World Cup-winning wonderkid but tried to negotiate his £106m release clause

Benfica's Roger Schmidt appears to have declared Chelsea's pursuit of wonderkid Enzo Fernandez as over in a recent press conference.

The German manager revealed that the Argentinian World Cup-winning sensation was 'one of our players' after a long, drawn-out pursuit from Graham Potter's Premier League side.

The Lisbon-based club only signed Fernandez from River Plate for £10million, and looked a staggering £112m switch to west London after he was left out of a recent Benfica game, which Schmidt claimed was due to disciplinary reasons.

Roger Schmidt has claimed that Enzo Fernandez's proposed move to Benfica is now 'closed'

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